Lightning Is the Only Way

"How come the esteemed Lightning Guild deigns to visit our poor little Fire Guild," said a red-haired man with thick sarcasm dripping from his voice. He was cleaning his nails with his red sword while talking, clearly showing his disdain for the uninvited visitor.

"Don't be an ass, Flern!" said a woman with long silver hair, annoyed at the leader of the Fire Guild in Earth Town. She carried a long and thin spear on her back as she sat in front of him. She wore blackish-blue robes, clearly showing that she was from the Lightning Guild. "You already know why I am here."

Flern only smiled slyly as he continued to clean his nails. "You tried to hunt down a rogue disciple of yours and failed," he stated plainly. "And now you want to work together with us to hunt him down, yes? I did get that right, right Escura?" he asked rhetorically as he put down his sword and turned to her. "But what's in it for us?"

The woman, Escura, narrowed her eyes. "He has stolen everything from one of our Proxy-Guilds. If you manage to be of actual help, I'll give you half of it," she offered.

Flern laughed lightly. "Half the wealth of a Proxy-Guild? That could give us a lot of contribution points if we hand it over. That's an interesting offer. Are you actually able to make such a call, Escura? You are only the head of a town, after all."

Escura's expression didn't change. "I can make the call. Taking revenge for our Proxy-Guild is more important than the stolen wealth. So? Will you accept to cooperate or not?" she asked directly. They both sat a distance away from each other, clearly showing that they were not on friendly terms.

"Don't tell me you can't hunt a newly advanced disciple? You're in the sixth level of Magic Gathering, after all. Why would you need our help?" Flern still wasn't finished being a dick.

Escura showed immense patience by keeping up her neutral look. "He has a strong body and immense lightning resistance. I would definitely defeat him in a head-on fight, but I can't guarantee that he won't get away. I don't want to defeat him. I want to kill him!"

Flern laughed as he heard that and lifted his sword. He stood up and grinned at Escura. "The Fire Guild is always ready for a fight. If it also brings treasure, even better. When do we go?" he asked as he looked at her with battle-intent.

hours ago. If we hurry, we can still catch up," she narrated

but we have our own ways." Flern turned to the center of the

battle-cry. The other twenty disciples looked at them with disdain. People from the Fire Guild were always such hotheads. No wonder

released curved lightning bolts from their bodies, which hit the ground. Everyone was lifted off the floor

away, being pulled along by the lightning. The other disciples from the Lightning Guild also shot away in a similar manner. Their feet were not touching the ground, as the

maliciously. "Ready the Fire

ground. With the help of his lightning, his speed could double, but he wanted to keep his Energy reserves full for all eventualities. Gravis' next target was finding an Energy Beast since Gravis had not tested his strength properly ever since breaking into the Energy Gathering Realm.

he wasn't interested in those since they were of no

It carried a ten-meter-long high-grade demonic beast in its talons as it flew into one specific direction, which probably meant that it was returning to its

his eyes. 'I want to test my strength, but hunting such a beast is not an easy task. Birds are already the fastest existing beasts, and this one also has the wind element, which is also the fastest element. While its physical

only one I could find. So, might as well hunt it," he grumbled to himself, as he chased the bird. Gravis' body released curved lightning bolts all around, but

the curved lightning hit the ground, it immediately straightened as the earth absorbed it and pulled. The straightening of the lightning bolts shot Gravis' body forward. The more powerful the lightning, the stronger the force. Earth didn't care about the Life Energy and only absorbed the Destruction

used this method to move incredibly quickly. Their Energy was more powerful than their bodies, so the physical body's addition to speed would not make much of a difference. They would rather keep their stamina up than to waste it for a negligible increase

humans of the same rank. At this moment, Gravis' speed on legs and his speed on lightning was about the same. If he used both

had a hundred legs crawling forward. His physical legs always shot him forward with incredible speed every time he took a step. Gravis followed

keep up with the casually flying Energy Beast. Just

flew up onto an absolutely massive tree. The tree's trunk would need over 50 people to hold hands to surround, and its crown shot through the clouds in the sky. Gravis could guess that this tree was special since